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EVENTS CALENDAR
event	date & location	description
XP Days Benelux 2008	November 20 – 21, 2008 Veldhoven, The Netherlands	XP Day Benelux is a two day international conference about agile software development, intended for software development and business people from all walks of life. It provides a good opportunity for exchanging ideas and sharing experiences and is suited for both experienced participants and beginners in agile software development. The focus of this conference is on practical knowledge, real-world experience, and active participation of everyone. The number of participants is limited to 150.
Voices That Matter: Crafting Software Conference	December 1 – 4, 2008 San Francisco, CA	At the Voices That Matter: Crafting Software Conference, programmers, developers, analysts and their project managers from both established companies and start-ups will come together to learn best practices from the industry's most powerful thought leaders on the myriad of issues and choices you face today. Now you can interact with author experts like Rally coach, Jean Tabaka, in small breakout sessions that have come to characterize the Voices That Matter conferences.
Agile Austin: Double Down on Agility – The Cure to Managing in Turbulent Times	December 2, 2008 Austin, TX 6 – 8:30 pm	Ryan Martens, CTO and Founder of Rally Software will be discussing managing a team in the world that we are facing today. In these challenging times, we know that strategic software and IT systems will provide one of the enabling paths out of this recession. We also know that Agile is increasingly impactful. Now is not the time to get timid or complacent in your Agile adoption. Instead, now is the time to double down on your efforts, whether you have to sustain budget cuts or slow your growth. In this presentation, learn how to spot and counter systemic issues to wide-scale and increasingly mature Agile adoptions.
DevTeach Conference	December 3 – 4, 2008 Montreal, Quebec	The DevTeach Montreal Conference offers an impressive conference schedule. A total of 136 sessions, many on advanced topics, will be presented during this jam-packed conference. Also included is a Silverlight track and tracks on new technologies. This three day schedule includes 36 SQL Server and Server product sessions, 17 Agile sessions, 17 on software architecture and 57 .NET sessions. DevTeach/SQLTeach Montreal is the yearly event you can't afford to miss!
Transitioning to Lean-Agile: Changing the Organization	December 9, 2008 San Diego, CA 5:30 – 7:30 pm	Adopting Lean-Agile software philosophies and development methodologies involves more than just doing things differently; it also requires that internal organizations and roles change. As more companies adopt these revolutionary Lean-Agile processes to develop and deliver the software their customers want–when they want it–they are finding that the way they organize and assign responsibilities to get work done must also evolve. Join us for a panel presentation and discussion of real-world case studies about the organizational change in roles and responsibilities that occurred at two of San Diego’s premier companies on the way to becoming more lean and agile.
Better Software Conference & EXPO 2009 Development Lifecycle Practices	June 8 - 12, 2009 Las Vegas, NV The Venetian Hotel	At the Better Software Conference & EXPO 2009, you'll become a better, more informed software professional with an outward, customer-focused view of development. Learn about the latest tools, trends, and issues regarding agile development, project management, people & teams, software testing & QA, software requirements, process improvement, metrics, and design & architecture. Join your peers and some of the top experts in software engineering at the Better Software Conference & EXPO to take you and your team up to the next level.
Agile 2009 Conference	August 24 - 28, 2009 Chicago, IL	Agile 2009 puts attendees in contact with the latest thinking in the agile domain, enriching our collective body of knowledge, influencing the line of thought in the field, encouraging debate, and fostering innovative ideas. It brings together executives, managers, software development practitioners and researchers from labs and academia. The conference is not about a single methodology or approach, but rather provides a forum for the exchange of information regarding all agile development technologies.